Defense

Modern ground forces are under increasing pressure to operate with less exposure while maintaining mobility and firepower. Carrying heavy equipment, securing movement routes, and...

Modern intelligence collection is facing a structural problem. Traditional spy satellites are powerful but scarce, expensive, and vulnerable. With only a handful in orbit,...

Robots have steadily become smaller, cheaper, and more capable—but until now, true autonomy stopped at around the millimeter scale. Below that threshold, conventional designs...

Modern military operations increasingly depend on seeing targets long before forces arrive on scene. High-risk missions, especially those involving special operations or politically sensitive...

Boko Haram, Nigeria’s very own jihadi menace, has announced that it is willing to release the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped two years ago for...

The modern battlefield presents a clear challenge: how to improve operational accuracy and reduce firing errors in environments saturated with threats, moving targets, and...

Top US Officials look at the recent aerial attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Israel as a testing ground for the capabilities...

In the depths of the sea, the pencil-shaped underwater vehicle can track, gather information, patrol and neutralize mines utilizing a variety of technologies and...

Warfighters pay a high price for lack of auditory protection, but often they consider such price justified, for it keeps them sharp to react quickly and effectively, thus staying alive in combat. Sharpening the warfighter's hearing while while protecting them from short and long terms risks, next generation of hearing protection are expected soon at a battlefield near you...

It is already common knowledge that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are taking up a significant role in the defense plans of many countries. In...

Article by Or Shalom The use of UAVs for various missions has grown significantly in the past few years. In addition to their use in...

The global “summit committee” for air & missile defense which took place in Rishon Letzion today has concluded. Hundreds of participants came to take...

As drones become cheaper, smaller, and easier to modify, security teams face a growing challenge: many threats do not appear in the sky—they arrive...

Modern combat platforms are generating more data than ever before, but turning that information into actionable decisions remains a challenge. Sensors, radios, and surveillance...

Protecting digital information usually depends on cryptographic keys, which are random sequences used to encrypt and decrypt data. The security of everything from smartphones...

Two new South Korean amphibious armoured vehicles are slated to enter service this year. Defence manufacturer Hyundai Rotem created the 8x8 armoured vehicles for...

Long-endurance drones such as the MQ-9 Reaper have spent decades performing surveillance and strike missions, but the environment they were designed for is changing....

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards remain among the most dangerous threats soldiers can face. Detecting and responding to these risks is often slow,...

Last week Iran unveiled its latest drone dubbed “Hamaseh”. This unmanned aerial vehicle follows a classic twin-boom tail design, pioneered by IAI’s Scout and...

A high-power laser weapon light enough to be carried by tactical aircraft has moved out of the laboratory and onto the testing ground. General...

A new scalable counter-unmanned air vehicle (C-UAV) system has been unveiled by Finmeccanica’s systems and sensors house Selex ES at DSEI 2015. Known as Falcon...

Zvi Brunner, Vice President of Technology at Team Group The field of defense is the first to adopt new and advanced technologies. Cyber systems, for...